Finally seeing the capital, Lu Ye looked curious, and excitedly followed the princess into the city gate, his eyes seemed to not know where to look. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although the natural disasters are serious, the people outside live in hardship, and the day is precarious, and there are starvation on the way. But the impact on the capital of the Shang Kingdom does not seem to be too great, on the surface, the street market of the Shang capital is still prosperous, and the people of the Shang capital are still wearing gorgeous clothes and shuttling on the road. I don't see the damage, but the air here seems to be drier than usual, which makes people feel a little uncomfortable.

"The capital is just different. Lu also sighed while looking left and right on the horse. "The streets are also spacious, the houses are elegant, even the doors and windows are so beautiful. People are also dressed gorgeously, but the length is a little different. ”

"Can you please be quiet. When you get to the palace later, don't talk nonsense. Chang Ming said to Lu Ye. Lu also smiled brightly at him, which made him even more uneasy.

In front of it is the Qingran palace, although it does not have the luxury and nobility of other palaces, it is also solemn and dignified. At this time, there was already a row of people dressed as slaves standing outside the palace. It was supposed to be here to pick them up.

They dismounted in front of the palace gate, and a servant led by them came over and gave Yu Zimo a salute.

Yu Zimo glanced at him, an unfamiliar face. "I haven't seen you. ”

"It turned out that there were not many attendants in the palace, and the king was afraid that it would not be enough, so he neglected the princess and sent small people to come over. We have cleaned the inside and outside of the palace, and the rooms of the prince and princess are furnished as they were before the princess left. Welcome the princess home. The servant replied neatly.

Yu Zimo nodded, didn't speak again, and walked into the palace.

Indeed, the palace was as the servant had said, and it was neat and new. After a few days of driving, Yu Zimo was indeed a little tired. She said to Changming, everything is according to the original arrangement, after settling the others, come and see me. After speaking, she took Qing Yao back to her residence.

The lilac tent, the tassels of the jade beads, the decoration of her room was as before, as if she had just left in the morning.

After a few days of traveling, Yu Zimo was indeed a little tired. She changed her clothes and rested on the chaise longue in front of the window. Qing Yao draped a soft blanket over the princess, took out a nourishing incense from the accompanying incense box, lit it beside the princess, and then gently withdrew.

When the nourishing incense was about to burn out, Yu Zimo slowly opened his eyes. A long, sonorous sound sounded outside the door.

"Come in. Yu Zimo sat up.

"What does the princess command. Changming walked up to Yu Zimo and asked.

"You go to the Stone Temple and ask about the temple and the recent situation here. ”

I was going to see the bewitching young man again, Changming's pursed lips moved, and he wanted to say something, but was stopped by Yu Zimo with his eyes. Changming immediately understood, straightened up, turned around and went out.

Qing Yao brought in the green tea that had just been brewed for Yu Zimo, and asked the princess to drink it while it was hot.

Yu Zimo reached out and took the warm teacup, and the fresh smell of tea lingered on the tip of her nose. She took a sip and leaned back into her chair. "I'll rest for a while, and don't bother me for anything unless the prince returns. ”

"Got it, princess. Qing Yao saw the princess's tiredness, "Don't worry, the princess is fine, everyone else is fine, even Lu is tossing tightly." ”

"Let him toss. After speaking, Yu Zimo closed her beautiful eyes again.

Qing Yao stepped back again, holding her breath outside them.

Lu Ye really hurried to find the princess, he had already turned around the palace inside and outside, planning to go outside.

Qing Yao Chaolu also made a quiet move. Lu also quickly reined in his movements. Qing Yao whispered to Lu Ye: "The princess wants to rest, you go and tell all the people in the mansion that no one is allowed to move within a hundred feet of the princess's residence, and no loud noises are allowed." ”

Lu Ye has always been interested, and he didn't dare to disturb the princess's rest, nodded and left silently.

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The remnant sun is like blood, reflecting the prosperous and bleak capital of the Shang Kingdom. When the last ray of dazzling light disappeared from between the carved window railings, Yu Zimo's long eyelashes fluttered, and then, she opened her eyes gently, turned her head slightly, and saw Qingran quietly guarding her side.

A cloudy smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She sat up. Qing Ran put a soft cushion behind her, and covered Yu Zimo with a blanket that had fallen off.

"When did you come back. Yu Zimo asked.

"It's been a while. Qingran answered truthfully.

"What did the Shang King tell you?"

"Didn't say anything. Just gave me a wooden box and let me come back. Qingran glanced behind him. On the table behind him was a long, narrow wooden box.

"Have you seen your mother?"

"No, let me wait until noon tomorrow. ”

"Let's go together after dark. Mother must have missed us a lot. ”

"I thought so too. ”

The two of them smiled.

"What's in the box?" asked curiously, turning his head to look at it.

"I don't know, I didn't open it. Qingran said.

"I specifically told you to come over and only give you a box. What's in the box should be important. Let's open it and take a look. ”

Qingran nodded, turned around and took the box on the table, opened it, and saw a roll of silk cloth in the box. He took out the silk cloth and spread it out in front of Zi Mo. Various lines crisscross the silk cloth. "What is this?" Qingran frowned slightly, looking at the silk cloth, a bit like a map. But there is no text on it except for the lines, how do you know where the drawing is.

"This is a military map of the Shang border. Yu Zimo glanced at the silk cloth and said with a confused face.

"How do you know?"

"I've seen all the maps of the Seven Kingdoms. The general characteristics are still remembered. The map is extremely detailed, with several trails that are not marked on other maps. ”

"Military maps, what is he giving me this kind of?"

Yu Zimo's eyes dimmed for a moment, "It seems that Xiao Bogong's battle is not going well." …… It's no wonder that this time the enemy is not something he can handle. ”

"How do you know?" Qing Ran couldn't keep up with Zi Mo's train of thought. How could she have such a judgment based on just one map.

"Judging from the current situation in the Shang country, isn't it obvious. Yu Zimo said, "What this map shows is the location of the battlefield. ”

Qing Ran had known about the defeat on the battlefield for a long time, otherwise he would not have returned to the palace.

"Now the people inside and outside the Shang country are panicking, there are two paths in front of the Shang King," Yu Zimo looked at the unfolded map, "One is that he personally led the troops to the battle, and the success or failure depends on the creation of the Shang Kingdom." ”

"He went to battle?" Qingran had a trace of mixed emotions in his heart. When the king of Shang leaves, the capital will be chaotic, the Shang country will be chaotic, and no matter what the war on the battlefield is, the Shang kingdom will not escape the fate of destruction. That man can't go out in person, "What about the second way." ”

"The second is that you will go out on his behalf to repel the attack of the participating countries and keep the Shang country. …… That's probably what he gave you the map. He doesn't say anything, he's waiting for your choice. ”

"Me?" Qingran was stunned by Yu Zimo's words. Although he thought more than once that if the border could not be held and the enemy invaded, he would live and die with the Shang State and fight with the enemy. But he never wanted to be the leader of the troops. And Zi Mo looked very serious when he said this. "How is that possible?"

"It's your responsibility. Yu Zimo said faintly.

"There should be other generals around him who can lead the troops. "It is impossible for the Shang Kingdom to be the only one who can fight with Xiao Bogong and the Shang King. It's not my turn as a layman.

"Of course, there is more than one Xiao Bogong who is fighting in the Shang Chamber. The corners of Yu Zimo's mouth curled slightly, "Let's not talk about the abilities of those people, just talk about their minds, there are a few simple." Each hides his heart, each has a ghost, can the king of Shang give them the right? ”

Qing Ran silently, since he came to Shangdu from the mountains, how many nights, he wandered on the roofs of various mansions in Shangdu, intentionally or unintentionally, heard a lot of private words, shocked by the sinister of people's hearts. That was one of the main reasons why he hated the Shang capital and the royal palace.

"If you want to keep your business, you don't have a choice. Yu Zimo looked at Qing Ran and said word by word.

"But. A look of hesitation appeared on Qingran's face. "I'm just a hunter. "It's okay to hunt, it's okay to fight......

"Nothing is something you are born with. At the beginning, you said that you didn't know how to govern Dongjun, but Dongjun was not also well governed by you. ”

"That's all the power of the local officials and the people, I didn't really do anything. Qingran said frankly. Everything he knew was taught to him little by little by the officials of Dongjun and Lu Ye and others.

"Now, you're not alone. Yu Zimo's hand covered Qingran's hand.

Qingran looked at Yu Zimo, although his heart was still full of hesitation and doubts, he still held her hand tightly.

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